Just graduated from an ivy league in architecture and real estate development.

In this case, there were over a dozen down units that had been that way for over 10 years, rents were much lower than surrounding properties that did not have units as nice as what ours would be when renovated, and it had absolutely terrible management.  

That FHA you may have is nice, it can allow you to get a 3.5% down on residential.

Our industry has become quite complacent and developed a defeatist attitude toward dealing with tenant issues.

It is nice to see a fellow Kansan on here.

I liked the economic development work the leadership has put there.

http://www.harriscountyfemt.org/Nice tool you can use to see where a property sits in relation to 100yr & 500 yr flood zone.

The fuse box is nice to change out, but does the tenant really look at that when they are renting?

Thank you and nice to digitally meet you all!

The problem I have is my niece wants me to buy her house at a deeply discounted rate in fact she's even willing to take a $30,000 loss to to sell it fast, it's a very nice spacious 4 bedroom home for $130,000 in an area where houses sell for close to $200,000 but it's in Chicago where they have gone crazy as far as property taxes are concerned.